WEBVTT - Hangin' with the Boys: Defensive Expectations 0:00:04.160 --> 0:00:06.720 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.760 --> 0:00:18.800 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Flowing out of the backfield, 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:24.080 they flowing down the sidelines. He's Hanging with the Boys, 0:00:24.079 --> 0:00:33.519 presented by Wing Stuff where Flavor gets its wings Cowboys Nation. 0:00:33.760 --> 0:00:39.240 And we are thirty hours away from some Cowboys football. 0:00:39.360 --> 0:00:41.080 And I know all of you are sitting on the 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:45.360 edge of your seats waiting on the preseason to start. 0:00:45.440 --> 0:00:48.160 But guys, thank you so much for joining us here 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:51.320 at the home of the Dallas Cowboys at the Star 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:55.440 here in Frisco, and they let me do it again. 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:58.440 Come on, come on, if you are now rocking with 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:03.520 the best it is, hang with the boys with my guys, Isaiah, Stanback, 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:06.959 Jesse Holly, and Kurt. What did you do with your 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:17.240 You're a new man, Danny surrect Johnian today. Kurt Daniels 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:20.560 is not gonna be the safety raft for the show today. 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:23.400 But Danny, I expect for you to hold it down 0:01:23.959 --> 0:01:27.520 over there and we're gonna be discussing all things Dallas 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:30.560 Cowboys football. But guys, the Hall of Fame game is 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:33.840 going on. Like I said, we're thirty hours away from kickoff, 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:37.399 but there's a reason for all of this, and that 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:41.720 is the Hall of Fame enshrinement. And the Dallas Cowboys 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:47.199 have three three Cowboys going into the Hall of Fame. 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:50.840 And from the class of twenty twenty, we have safety 0:01:51.000 --> 0:01:54.760 Dallas Cowboys, two times Super Bowl champion Cliff Harris, and 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:58.800 two times Super Bowl winning head coach Jimmy Johnson will 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:01.640 be enshrined on on Saturday. And I think this is 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:04.520 something very special that the NFL is doing. Because of 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:07.720 the twenty twenty class not being able to actually being 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:11.520 TRINE last year because of COVID nineteen they're having, they're 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:14.560 doubling up this year to allow both of those classes 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:16.840 to be in TRINE. So it's gonna be a busy weekend. 0:02:16.880 --> 0:02:20.440 It's a football lover's dream to be in Canton, Ohio 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:23.960 this weekend. And so Cliff Harris and Jimmy Johnson are 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:29.720 going in on Saturday and then on Sunday wide receiver 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:36.360 and Cowboy and Cowboys Super Bowl champion Drew Pearson Who'll 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:40.959 be going in on Sunday. So round up, applause all 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:43.680 of the Downing A out Boys that are going into 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:45.440 the Hall of Fame and to the Hall of Fame 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:50.160 it's gonna be wonderful. But guys, the game, the game, 0:02:50.919 --> 0:02:54.360 it's gonna be big, and there's a lot that you 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:57.040 guys we've been talking about this about all the players 0:02:57.040 --> 0:02:59.760 that we're looking forward to seeing, but also from an 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:04.760 evaluation standpoint, Gang, talk about how important this game is. 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:08.920 And Jesse, I'll start with you. Well for the valuation point, 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:11.880 every time you get a chance to get on film 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:14.600 and get on the field in live action, yes, you 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:17.839 would love to make the team that you're currently with, 0:03:18.200 --> 0:03:20.440 but this is not only an audition for the Dallas Cowboys. 0:03:20.639 --> 0:03:22.600 This is also an audition for thirty one other football 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:25.360 teams around the football league because rosters will get turned, 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:27.960 chopped up, twitched, and all other kinds of things. And 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:31.239 so when you put stuff out there on film, you 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:35.559 just never know who who else is watching your performance, 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:38.320 and so you know when you hear it, like you know, 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:41.560 when Tek's been missing some time. If I'm a backup guy, 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:45.720 I'm like, Tank, Tank, take your time, Amari, take your time. 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:48.839 You know, Dak, you know what I think, another week 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:50.960 for the show, that will be just fine. Now, you know, 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:54.080 when guys start missing time and you're you're kind of 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:57.240 on the fringe or that bubble. You're you're you're you're 0:03:57.240 --> 0:04:00.040 not praying for other guys to get hurt, but you 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:03.120 ain't rushing them back. And so first out the gate, 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:06.240 you want to put a good impression out there for 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:09.680 the coaches because when they go back and evaluate the film, 0:04:09.760 --> 0:04:12.560 you want them to see, oh, he's taking and applying 0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:14.160 the things that he learned in the film room. And 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:16.480 I've watched him progress from what we told him at 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:19.320 OTAs or mini camps and now seeing in a live 0:04:19.400 --> 0:04:23.400 action and whether that be you know, for routes or 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:27.000 assignment alignment, depth running to the football. The one thing 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:30.160 that I will say in these early preseason games, what 0:04:30.279 --> 0:04:32.479 coaches want to see from you. They want to see 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:35.320 you going one hundred miles an hour. The scheme is 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:38.720 going to be very basic. That'll tell who's studying, who's 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:40.920 not studying, who's ready for the big stage, who's kind 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:43.440 of not right ready for the big stage. But are 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:47.440 you flying around playing football at a very high level 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:50.719 and a fast pace. So you know, you only get 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.560 one time to make a first impression, and so you 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:55.679 better go out there and put some good stuff on film, 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:58.159 because you know that can now dictate where you go 0:04:58.560 --> 0:05:00.720 the next week, as far as where you get reps at, 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:02.559 moving you up the depth chart and things of that nature. 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:04.520 You hit it on the head. I was gonna leave 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:07.200 with the first impression. You don't get that back. So yeah, 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:13.800 you still appreciate the connection. D fight tread right there, 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:16.600 lock it up. I'm saying, yeah, yeah, we'll come up 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:18.680 with their hands hits from the street, milk and milk 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:25.240 and hey, yeah, and so do you get one first 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:28.000 impression all these guys is is this is very important 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:29.479 for these guys. These guys need to come out and 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:31.040 not only come out there and go one hundred miles 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:34.440 per hour, right, not only compete, but also execute. Can 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:36.240 you take like like you said, can you take what's 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.520 being taught on the film room? Can you take this 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:42.240 this fast eight days of install right and go out there, 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:43.719 and yeah, it's gonna be dumbed down. But at the 0:05:43.720 --> 0:05:45.279 same time, the coach is gonna throw you into the 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:48.120 hot water. You were gonna be gassed. You are not 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:50.440 coming off that field. Right. You can look at the 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:52.640 sideline all you want to, but you better should a 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:54.320 matter of fact, don't look at the sideline because you 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:55.800 look at the sideline. That means that you want to 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:58.600 come out popping some flower seeds like this. You're good, 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:01.120 you're good, and he's gonna bring a water bottle on everything, 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:03.320 But don't expect to come out the game. So they 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:04.839 want to see your grit. They want to see how 0:06:04.920 --> 0:06:07.440 competitive you are. They want to see you gas, right, 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:09.359 because when your gas, the first team that goes is 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:11.760 what your mental right? Right? The mental goals right? So 0:06:11.839 --> 0:06:14.279 can you remember your assignments? Is it important enough for 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:16.520 you to still continue to execute even though we know 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:18.400 that you're dog tired, even though you know you're not 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:20.160 coming out this game. Oh and by the way, yeah, 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:21.640 as soon as you finish up with that play, Yeah, 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:23.960 we're gonna see you all on one of the special teams. Right, 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:26.479 So you're gonna be You're gonna be army crawling up 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:28.400 about this piece. They want to see that and they 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:30.599 want to see physical. These guys are trying to install 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:32.960 a new culture with this with this team, with this organization. 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:34.880 Are you going to live up to what they're trying 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:37.080 to put down? I think to something to keep an 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:39.200 eye on is the coaching staff in general, just their 0:06:39.200 --> 0:06:42.080 communication and how they're able to communicate only with themselves 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:44.040 with the players, especially if they're wanting to keep the 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:46.440 scheme a little more simple. And these are not going 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:48.040 to be the starters that we're going to be seeing, right, 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:49.800 We're going to see a lot of those third enforce 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:52.919 string players and how they're learning and absorbing all of this. 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:55.400 But I want to see how the coaching staff communicates 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:58.760 as well. I know that like some of the court, 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:00.560 like dan Queminsy is going to be up in the 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:02.440 box like not on the field, So I think that's 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:05.200 just important too, of and not only the new coaches 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.560 on the staff, but just working off the staff that 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:10.440 was here last year because they didn't have like the 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:12.760 normal install for everything like that. So I think that's 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:14.760 going to be important too. Is not only is this 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:17.480 game important along with the rest of the preseason games 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:20.080 for those non starters for film like you guys were 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:22.080 talking about, but I think the coaching staff too, of 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:25.000 not making the same mistake last year with a slow start, 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:26.960 like making sure you are coming right out of the 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:29.320 gun and everyone is on the same page. And I 0:07:29.360 --> 0:07:31.840 think also to add to that what you just said 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:35.040 to any is that for this team and going back 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:38.320 to last year, guys that did not have a preseason. 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:40.320 This is the first time in a long time where 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:42.920 even your rookie class from last year has never played 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:46.360 in a preseason. So guys like Reggie Robinson, guys like 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:48.920 Bradley and I, guys that didn't get an opportunity to 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:52.360 put out that preseason film for college you know, really, yeah, 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:55.160 since your first impression exactly, and so I mean even 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:57.320 Ben d Nucci, we think about our first impression of 0:07:57.440 --> 0:08:00.360 Ben d Nucci was Sunday night in Philadelphia. I mean, 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:05.920 that's a tough audition for anybody. And so these preseason 0:08:06.000 --> 0:08:08.280 games are going to be pivotal for these guys. But 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:12.160 like I said, the evaluation process for third, third, and 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:14.920 fourth string guys and for me, one of the guys 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:18.520 that I'm pointing the spotlight under is Malik Turner. Malik 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:21.240 Turner is a guy in camp that you continuously hear 0:08:21.360 --> 0:08:24.400 his name. Now for the semi foo hookos, for all 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:27.600 these other guys that are out there, and specifically the 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:30.840 first five roster spots, we're thinking that this is a lock. 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:34.920 Malik Turner is making a case for himself. Who else 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:38.280 do you guys see on this roster ninety man roster 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:40.920 that maybe on the outside looking in, but they're making 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:43.280 a case for themselves. And Danny, I'll start with you. 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:48.360 I think I think a name that people that's been 0:08:48.400 --> 0:08:50.520 doing well at camp then maybe people have forgotten about 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:53.120 is Maurice Kennedy because he opted out last year. And 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:55.640 I think the addition of some of these defensive backs 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:57.920 that the Cowboys brought in really sparked a fire under 0:08:57.960 --> 0:09:00.000 a lot of those guys and just kind of really 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:02.520 going out and taking advantage of the opportunity at camp. 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:04.360 And so I think that's a name. I mean, we 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:08.320 talk about maybe not having full confidence in the depth 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:11.920 and the secondary just because a lot of new pieces 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:14.120 have been added or a lot of younger players are 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:17.440 coming off injury, and so I think that's not really 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:20.560 set on whose first or second string or third or fourth. 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:22.559 I think it's a little more open than maybe in 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:24.959 the past, and I think Maurice Kennedy is a name 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:29.440 that might be pushing his way into the into that range. Yeah, 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:31.040 I mean, that's definitely one of the names. And I 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:32.880 kind of have a broken down by position. I think, 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:35.160 you know, to your point at the receiver position, right 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:37.720 one through five, is pretty much locked, right, and I 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:39.520 think you can really really kind of still of a 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:41.440 toss up. Are you gonna bring six? Right? And if 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:43.199 you bring six? Okay? Well, now one of these guys 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:45.800 have to beat out Noah Brown, right, including the draft peak. 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:48.480 So Simmi Bohoco, you like a Malik Turner. Malie Turner 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:50.440 has experienced in the league. This is not somebody who's 0:09:50.440 --> 0:09:52.600 brand new hasn't touched the field. The boy got experienced, 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:55.360 and he has experienced in the areas that Simmi might 0:09:55.400 --> 0:09:57.960 not be that experienced in in terms of special teams, right, 0:09:58.000 --> 0:09:59.360 So he's gonna have to go out there and show 0:09:59.400 --> 0:10:01.120 that he can. He can do that because everybody who's 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:03.080 playing receiver can catch the ball, right, So what the 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:04.680 things they're gonna be asking them to do? Blocking and 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:06.840 them special teams. When you start looking at the safeties, 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:09.000 I want to see Israel Mukuam. I want to see 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:11.080 Reggie Robinson and what all those guys gonna do. Right. 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:13.280 Israel is a converted corner, right, big boy, he got 0:10:13.280 --> 0:10:15.160 some foot he got some footwork. Can he go out 0:10:15.160 --> 0:10:16.640 there and make some plays? Can he lay the hat? 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:19.080 Because this defense is gonna be fast and physical. You 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:21.640 start looking at the corners, Nashan right, right e, mister 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:24.199 Ihonda himself, right, Kennedy, what are those guys gonna do? 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:25.680 Are they gonna come out there and put some hands 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:27.559 with some guys? Even though the coverages are gonna be 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:30.520 pretty basic, it's still gonna be what they like, man coverage. 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:31.800 Can we come out there and put some put some 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:34.040 pressure on them at the line of scrimmage and linebackers. 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:36.199 You're hearing, you're hearing. Luke Gifford's balling out right. You 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:38.840 got Bernard and was here all last year. That nobody 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:40.439 knows what he can do. We've heard good things for 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:42.760 him in camp in practice, right, but we don't know 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:44.719 what he could do in the game. And a defensive line. 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:46.360 I want to see Bradley and I we haven't seen that. 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:48.120 We haven't seen the boy in the year, right, we haven't. 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:49.600 We didn't see him all last year. That boy got 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:52.560 a nice check all last year and just chilling, right, 0:10:52.640 --> 0:10:54.319 just chilling. Now he has to go out there and 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:56.400 be honest with you. This is his time to earn 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:58.559 that check then he got last year. In this preseason 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:01.760 and I'm gonna try to veer off a little bit 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:05.719 from just players names, and you listed a bunch of 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:09.080 guys and Leek Turner being one of them to me 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:11.320 being another one of them. But the rest of the 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:15.599 guys that you name were defensive guys. Dan Quinn, we 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:17.640 just the first time we get a chance to see them. Yeah, 0:11:17.760 --> 0:11:19.160 this is the first time we get a chance to 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:21.160 see you in all lives. Is going to be if 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:24.000 we're If we're being honest, no one's really worried about 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:26.920 us offensively, as long as that comes back a little 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:28.960 bit healthy and we'll get more into that Dak situation 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:32.120 a little bit later onto the show. But offensively we're 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:37.480 set zeke Amari, you know, CD, we're good, Tyrn, we're straight. 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:40.920 But dan Quinn, this is we're we're looking at you, 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:43.880 dan Quinn. This is now as well as the other 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:45.560 guys who are going out there for their audition. I 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:47.600 know that dan Quinn has skins in the game, but 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:50.160 you always got no skins here and what this defense 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:55.520 was last year. We're looking for a vast improvement quickly, 0:11:56.480 --> 0:12:03.400 because that was my that was my next quest. Look, so, 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:10.680 so what are you guys looking for from the twenty 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:14.200 twenty Cowboys defense to the twenty twenty one cowboy defense 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:18.360 and this is visible immediate impact of Dan Quinn. What 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:21.400 are you looking for in that defense? I mean, obviously 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:24.040 this is preseason, but what are the signs for what 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:26.120 you And I'm letting you finish your point because you 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:28.800 were actually going into that question. So what are you 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:31.920 looking for for me? I'm looking for assignment alignment football, 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:34.760 our guys actually lining up right. We saw so much 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:38.079 last year. We saw guys lining up all over the place, confused, 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:41.440 not knowing where they're going, busted coverages, and then once 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:43.880 once I know that they're lined up correctly with the 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:46.959 new scheme that's coming in, are you executing it? Are 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:50.040 guys being where they're supposed to be? And then third 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:53.760 and foremost, are are you making the play right? We've 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:56.920 saw film last year where guys were standing in the 0:12:56.920 --> 0:12:58.280 gap they were supposed to be in and all of 0:12:58.280 --> 0:13:00.079 a sudden their brains said, you know what, let's go 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:01.280 to the other gap. And they go to the other 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:03.160 gap and a guy comes writing the gap there was 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:06.840 for four to yard touchdown or DB's missing there. Assignment. 0:13:07.040 --> 0:13:10.880 I need to see alignment assignment football and then executing it. 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:14.720 Isaiah said it earlier being physical. Dan Quinn is a physical, 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:18.920 physical defensive coordine that he wanted guys to be physical 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:20.960 at the line of scrimmage, at the point of attack. 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:23.360 This is the moment that you have. You've been hitting 0:13:23.400 --> 0:13:25.480 the other guys, you know, keep your guys healthy, keep 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:27.120 your guys up. Now at the time you can go 0:13:27.160 --> 0:13:29.080 ahead and tee off. Go ahead and tee off on 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:30.880 some of these guys and let me know that you're 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:33.160 a physical football player. You know what a hell of 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:35.240 line up at and you know what to do once 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:36.960 you get there. So that's gonna be what I need 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:40.079 to see from this defense is assigmon alignment football and 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:42.960 being physical. So we're gonna be looking at you, dan Quinn. 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:44.440 I don't care if you're in the booth at the 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:47.120 hot dog stand on the sideline. We need to see 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:50.120 this defense look different than what we did a year ago. 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:53.720 What about you, Danny, When you said the word confused, 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:55.240 I was like, Hey, that's the word I was thinking of. 0:13:55.320 --> 0:14:03.800 You stole out that. It's just good' all the same age. 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:05.800 That was so mind boggling to me last year. It 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:08.280 was just you could see the looks of confusion out 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:11.360 on the defense and what was so frustrating to watch 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:14.760 was with the execution miss tackles. I just feel like 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:17.520 they couldn't bring any any player from the offense, didn't 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:19.760 matter what position they struggled to bring everyone to the 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:22.160 ground or catching up with them like that, That to 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:24.360 me was what stood out. And so I'm going to say, like, 0:14:24.400 --> 0:14:27.840 I want to see better execution with tackling and generally 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:30.440 less confusion. Maybe a little more confidence in what they're 0:14:30.480 --> 0:14:34.120 doing would be nice. I'm excited. I'm excited more so 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:36.440 probably to anybody else in this organization to simply be 0:14:36.440 --> 0:14:39.400 aside from mister Jones, But I know what dan Quinn's 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:41.560 capebole of. I've been on the team. I was in 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:43.680 Seattle when dan Quinn was there, right. Obviously we had 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:45.280 Gus Bradley as well, but dan Quinn was a part 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:48.440 of that staff, and I'm looking I'm so looking forward 0:14:48.440 --> 0:14:51.000 to the culture change. I'm so looking forward to seeing 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:53.480 guys not only just not just the effort, not just 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:56.280 the execution, not just the communication, but the confidence of 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:59.200 these guys running around and hitting people, being disruptive. That's 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:01.960 what dan Quinn is about. Dan Quinn wants fast, physical 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:04.440 players that are disruptive. He wants you, he wants you 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:06.440 just looking all over the place, not knowing what the 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:09.680 hecks going on, because his guys are just just just fast, right, 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:12.000 and they're relentless, and their effort doesn't stop. And every 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:13.440 time you step on the field, you don't know who 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:14.960 the heck to look out for it because they're all 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:16.640 coming right. And I guess well, and so when you 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:18.560 think that you got those guys figured out, He's bringing 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:20.520 in subs and these boys got the same gold juice 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:22.600 as well. So I can't wait to see just the 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:26.280 culture change and see the response from Cowboys Nation, because 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:29.280 it's gonna be fun to watch this defense. You talk 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:33.200 about a and I love that the culture is something 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:36.280 that Isaiah that you harp one, you know, and we've 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:38.280 talked a lot about that, and we've also talked about 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:42.360 Dan Quinn, but his The pressure for this defensive coordinate, 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:46.920 first year defensive coordinator, is immense because of the Cowboys 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:50.360 failures last year. I mean, you're talking about a defense 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:54.040 before Mike Nolan came in, they were probably at the 0:15:54.800 --> 0:15:58.640 median fifteen, number fifteen, sixteen in the league right sometimes 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:02.200 finishing within the top ten. Last year, it completely fell 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:04.800 through the floor. All right, So you bring in dan Quinn, 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:07.720 the expectations are high, and you know, look you here 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:09.720 coaches say it all the time. Pressure bus pipes will 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:11.800 make diamonds, but most of the time it's just buspipes. 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:15.800 So but but dan Quinn is in a situation where 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:19.160 he has to have a defense that is first and 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:22.920 foremost addicted to stop in the run because that is 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:27.040 the first rule of defense, and not fight club, but defense. Right, 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:29.800 you have got to stop the run, and we could 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:33.640 not stop anyone. But what I'm looking for is the 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:37.160 front front seven. Okay, we talked about you hear the 0:16:37.200 --> 0:16:39.320 team talk about the length that they brought in, guys 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:44.160 like Quinn, Bohannah, urban Oci, Digizula, guys that are long 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:48.640 that can play multiple positions. I want to see how 0:16:48.640 --> 0:16:51.160 that operates in real time. You said we're gonna keep 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:54.320 it very simple, and you've seen that vanilla take from 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:57.960 training camp that they're keeping it simple. But one of 0:16:58.000 --> 0:17:00.720 the things that you can't fake in even its simple, 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:04.920 it's effort in execution and getting to the ball. So alignment, assignment, 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:07.159 everything that you just said as well are some of 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:10.720 the things that I'm looking for. But when I circle 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:14.240 one particular group, it is the defensive line group. And 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:18.360 from that group, Quentin Bohannah from Kentucky is starting to 0:17:18.520 --> 0:17:21.040 make headway in that regard. What have you guys been 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:23.959 hearing about Bohannah from training camp as well? I've been 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:26.040 hearing that he's a dog. I mean, he's a big boy, right. 0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:27.560 But you know to your point, you know, when you 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:30.280 line up and you play these preseason games, everybody's running 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:32.760 simplified things. You're not seeing office alignment, doing a whole 0:17:32.760 --> 0:17:34.399 bunch of passing off and all the j you're not 0:17:34.440 --> 0:17:37.120 seeing stunts. They're gonna he's gonna line up, He's gonna 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:39.320 line up over a guard or a center. He's gonna say, hey, 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:41.639 I'm coming at you, big fella, and we're gonna see 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:44.840 can you beat somebody man, a man without schemes? Can 0:17:44.880 --> 0:17:46.600 you beat this guy that? Can you beat this other 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:49.520 grown man? Right when you don't have a bunch of 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:51.399 schemes that help you and give you the advantage. And 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:54.040 I'm looking forward to seeing him transition and translate what 0:17:54.040 --> 0:17:55.639 he's been doing a camp and take it out there 0:17:55.640 --> 0:17:57.560 against somebody that he has a face before. Yeah, and 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:00.200 I'm sorry, No, I's gonna say someone for his it's 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:04.200 like three thirty. Like he's quick. Yeah, I mean he's big, 0:18:04.240 --> 0:18:06.320 but like he's not slow by any means. And that's 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:08.919 definitely an area that they really needed to improve on 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:10.960 from last year. And so I think that they're hopeful 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:13.040 in that. And I mean, they obviously drafted him with 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:15.320 the intention right of what they needed him for, and 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:18.399 so I'm excited to see that they actually have like 0:18:18.440 --> 0:18:21.160 a nose tackle that, you know, the size and maybe 0:18:21.200 --> 0:18:23.639 the capability, because in the past they've kind of slimmed 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:25.960 down like what they've been looking for in nose tackles. 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:28.000 I think that'll be different too with him and for him, 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:30.440 you gotta understand Pittsburgh, They're gonna have some guys in 0:18:30.520 --> 0:18:34.120 that offensive line who are just as hungry as he is. Pittsburgh, 0:18:34.000 --> 0:18:37.320 who notoriously has been known to have decent offensive lines, 0:18:37.560 --> 0:18:39.240 have been down for the last couple of years and 0:18:39.240 --> 0:18:41.399 they're trying to rebuild that. So they're going to have 0:18:41.760 --> 0:18:45.000 people who are matching the same energy as Big Bow 0:18:45.119 --> 0:18:47.480 and that's going to be the interesting thing is what 0:18:47.680 --> 0:18:50.800 happens now when you have to face someone else who 0:18:50.920 --> 0:18:54.200 is fighting for a job as well. Yeah, that's the difference. 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:56.359 It's I'm telling you one thing is you know happens 0:18:56.359 --> 0:18:58.240 in training camp because we laugh, we joke, we have 0:18:58.280 --> 0:19:00.840 a good time. You're my teammate, you're teammate, We're gonna 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:03.920 go hard. But when there's someone else who doesn't care 0:19:03.920 --> 0:19:06.919 about you at all, who like who you're standing in 0:19:06.920 --> 0:19:09.439 between them and making the team and their bread and 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:14.160 feeding their family, that that brings a different type of dynamic, 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:18.520 dynamic and energy and effort from guys. And we talk 0:19:18.560 --> 0:19:21.040